New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-10
SITES FOR SMALL PARKS.
A MULTITUDE OF SUGGESTIONS MADE.

THE BOARD OF STREET OPENINGS MAY FIND ~
HARD TO DECIDE AMONG so MANY.
Tho appointed by the Board OF Street Open
ngs to give hearings to all Interested IN the mastor Oh
small parks for the city held meeting yesterday IN tho
Mavor,s Office The Mayor and President Beekman were
pres.p General Newton absent by reason OF sick
ness The Mayor announced that the act providing FOR
the creation Of the small parks limited the selection or
sites 20 that part OF NewYork below Onehundred-snd-
afvnfth-st Ever since the passed. the Mayor
added had been engaged In gathering Information ON
the subject Several sites had been recommended One
recommended by ex-Mayor Daniel r. Tfemsnn. John r.
Develin and Others. is bounded by Onehundred and
forty rstst One-hundred nd forty -third-st. Tenth
ave- and Hamilton place. Another urged by residents
OF the annexed district, Is plot bounded oy Carrst
Ray-st. German place and st. Anns-ave MI Fryer
recommended the block bounded by Delaney. Stanton
Cannon and Goerck SITS Assemhyman McAdam' OF the
XVIII District proposed site from Twenty-sxth 70
Thirreth sts between Ninth-ave and the river. The
vacant plot Of ground between Lexington and Fourth
aves Thirythird and Thrtyfourth sts was suggested
By residents the vicinity The old cemetery on Hhd
son-st, between Leroy and Clarkson sts was recon-
mended by anonymous correspondent Another
wanted the plot intersection Of New Bowery ana
Roosevelt-st Assemblyman Mcintyre. OF the XXild
District submitted plans for park from Seventeenth to
Eighteenth sts, between Avenues and c.
President Bsylcs, of the Board OF Health. sent
response to a suggestion from the Mayor TOT
suggestions as to sites for the proposed parks
II was accompanied by the reports OF the saul
tary inspectors who had gathered information and by
maps OF the places recommended Or. MORGAN Norris,
chief sanitary inspector and Dr. John Nagle, register
OF vital statistics presented special reports That OF
Dr. Morris abstract Of the reports made to him by
his inspectors. ALL with two exceptions, recommend
that no parks be established above Fourteenthst In
spectOr Mckenzie repoI ted in favor OF parA on inc
West Side between lhrtysIth and IN
eighth sts between Tenth aud Eleventh ayes IN
sn1 Fvosq se between Eleventh and
Twelfth aves or In the vicinity OF flity'thIrd ana fy
tanned in the report Of Dr Morris IN. folio
proposed The block bounded by Jane, Horauo. Green.
Market the bloch bounded by Hester, Canal an, ana
Division SITS. and East Broadway He recommend that
the In Muberryst be cut away and another PARK
established bounded by Lsonari. Baxter and Mu,oerry
sts, that another street be opened between Mulberry
pied by Italians who extremely filthy Marion-st
should be cut Through TO jersey-st and parS shoi
this purpose is the triangle bounded by Elm Marion and
bounded BY Park, Baxter. Mulberry and Bayard ,ts
Another good site would ne the block bounded by
Sanitary inspector Willard Billiard favors the estab-
basement OF parks between Chambers and Fourteenth
berry BAXTER, Worth and gayard SIS. ..;
Jefferson and East BrOadway tina, bounded BY
Cherry aud Jack amt East River; that bounded
by Gin on ornsy Brsons and k,ynston s'si IN al
81.
Canal and Lalsht ss that bounded ny Alien Orchard
Stanton aud Rivngton s,s; that bounded by Inr,y
seventh and Thirtyeighth sts, Niah and Tenth aves
that bounded by Market Pike, Rutgers and Gouverneur
sts ana Jackson slip.
The report OF Dr. Nazis gives the population by wards
and the number people 10 the IN -aeh ward rue
Tenth ward the most densely populated IL contains
433 persons TO the acre the Thirteenth, 3o3 inc
Eleventh, ISL; seventeenth. 3l7; Fourteenth. 3l4;
Fourth. 253; Seventh 253 sixth. 235 Eighth. 1877;
Twentieth. l94 Ninth, III Twenty nrst, io< re
teenth. l6 sixteenth. $50; Eighteenth. lag FIRST
ll6; Nnsteenth. I07: Fifth. "a; Twenty second rs;
Twelfth. is Twenty -third. Z, and Twenty fourth.
DR. Nagle thinks that the population should he so dis
trbuted that there would be not than popu atom
300 the He holds that parks mnch necded
the Tenth ThrteeBtb Eleventh. Fourteenth, Fourth
and -eveAth Wards He suggests the following sites:
Block bonded by Pitt. Sheriff Grand asd Broome SIS;
by FORSYTH, Ludl0w Grand and Delaney ats. Al Cor
leaFs Hook by stanton and Third and AveA and e.;
East River seventh Twelfth sts stanton and Third
Houston Roosevelt and Oliver sts., East Broadway
and Franklin square Division. Pike and Jeners"n as
apd East Broadway Baxter Mott, Chatham and Bayard
SITS
Miss Ellen Collins suggests plot bounded by Cherry.
Wa'er Roosevelt and James sts
Charles Ntngate agreed IN favor OF selecting the
sites for parks old water as these were tue
most unhealthy.
The Mayor doubted this He had lived for thirty years
old water ana the only deaths IN the
house during that those o! Pefer Cooper ana
Mira Cooper One ninety three and the other eighty
the time OF death
Mr. Wngae favored taking lie blocks for park sites
where the population was densesL ASsemoymen
Mcintyre and McAam addressed the BOARD in aror OF
their plans The Mayor SAID that only Sl.OOOOOO could
be spent on small parks IN any one year
The further hearing was adjourned To Friday next